Possible Formats to Use

Blogs/Social Networks

Write a few blog posts on your topic.

You could create your own blog and link it to other bloggers talking about the same topic, or . . .

Better yet, find a social network already dedicated to your interest and contribute your blogs there.

"Blogs in Plain English" from Common Craft

"State of the Blogosphere" report on Technorati

Knol: A Unit of Knowledge

Share your expertise with a Knol

Multimedia/Mash-ups

1. Create your multimedia message; there are lots of different formats demonstrated below.

2. Upload your file to the appropriate place as needed:

YouTube (to publish videos and slideshows)
For tips on making a YouTube video, Facebook app, or video game, check out FreshBrain

Slideshare (to publish slideshows or slidecast, which can include an audio track)

Glogster EDU (to create and publish interactive posters/collages)

Scribd (to publish documents, can upload PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel)

ISSU: You Publish (to publish a booklet, newsletter, artwork, etc.)

3. Post your multimedia presentation to an online community where your audience will find it.

Possible Places to Post

There are lots of social networks where young people are already talking about global issues.

Here are some where you can post your multimedia projects

Here are some where you can comment or blog and link to your project

Examples of Different Formats

Voicethread

Voicethread an interactive way to share images, documents, and videos. Users can post responses to your voicethread.

Prezi

Present it with Prezi the zooming presentation editor
Here's a cool example (use the arrow buttons to navigate AND try the zoom (circle) button to control it yourself)
To interact with this one on the Prezi website, go here

Common Craft

Explain what you've learned à la the Common Craft show's "[Topic] in Plain English"
Remember how the Networked Student video used that same format?
Here's another fun example . . .

Visual Video

Create something inspired by one of the visual presentations at Say It Visually!
Here's one with a simple painting to explain the importance of the 2010 Census

Pecha Kucha

Use the Pecha Kucha presentation style
Here's an example from Daniel Pink, who wrote this article about Pecha Kucha

Back of the Napkin

Try the Back of the Napkin style
For example, Dan Roam's explanation of the health care debate

Graphic Facilitation

See examples in the Graphic Facilitation Portfolio at LooseTooth.com

TED Talk

Record a very short lecture in the spirit of TED Talks (TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design)
Here are two talks that say quite a lot in under 5 minutes:
(For more short TED Talks, see TED in 3 Minutes)
Johnny Lee demos Wii Remote hacks


Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us

Emoticons

Tell it with emoticons like storyteller, performance poet, and mixedmedia artist, Rives

Interpretive Dance

Choreograph an Interpretive Dance, like The Machine is Us/ing Us - Dance Mix

Comic Strips

Create a comic strip using one of these online tools:
Bitstrips
Make Beliefs Comix
Xtranormal: Text-to-Movie Kerpoof Studio (doodle, draw, make a picture, story, movie)
Comic Creator
Pixton: DIY Comics
Toonlet: web-comic blogging in minutes

Scott McCloud on comics (TED)